Penn State deserves way better than this

Penn State deserves exactly what they're getting. Fans prematurely turned on Franklin and the admin panicked. This is what happens when you panic.

Less than a year ago Penn State was a few plays away from making the national championship game and now are going to sign the worst signing class in program history (138th) without a HC with no plan for one in site. Pat Kraft needs to be fired immediately.

No they absolutely do not

Josh, why don’t you ever address JFs glaring shortcomings? All you do is spew the garbage about semi finals, his “record”, etc. I dare you to mention the $$ he spent and the caliber roster he had this year, only to lose as 20 pt favorites 2 weeks in a row. But you won’t.

It’s crazy how they are letting one man ruin an entire program. Legit feels like they might have to hire Terry Smith at this point just to get by for a year and then go at it again next year with a new AD.

No, they absolutely do not. There probably isn't a football program in the country that deserves this more than Penn State. Couple their head-in-the-clouds arrogance about who they are and what their program is with the fact that they should have gotten the death penalty in 2011

You couldn’t be more wrong. Penn State is a graveyard for coaches like Nebraska due to its fans’ unrealistic expectations. Who would want to work at a place where your record is 11-2 in 2022, 10-3 in 2023 and 13-3 in 2024 and then you get fired in 2025 after a slow start?

They deserve what they get. They have never been true national title contenders since joining a conference (I don’t care about that one year 30 years ago). Who do they think they are? 😂 I love it

Matt Campbell is not just sitting in Ames, he’s building an empire there

After 12 years of Big Game James, fans wanted him gone Pate. As for timing, PSU fired Franklin after 3 losses b/c Franklin’s buyout is reduced by whatever amount Franklin gets paid at his next job. So PK fired Franklin before he racked up another 3+ losses and became unhire-able

They are getting karma for covering up their pedo assistant coach.

No, they don’t. They deserve all of this. You fired a guy that had just made a final for God sake. Think those coaches just grow on trees because you’re Penn State? Think you’re starting to see that they do not.

No they don’t. They deserve everything they have gotten

Penn State deserves what it got. It wasn’t firing Franklin that was the issue, It was not having a plan or being able to execute said plan. They lack leadership dating back to their Sandusky problem. PSU Football above all else, you’d think they’d have this figured out.

They do?

Say that words “Matt” and “Campbell” in conjunction again, and I will destroy you, Josh

You need to back off of CMC. He's happy where he is.

No they dont, they threw out a coach that brought back their program from ruin like he was the source of scandal. Theyll be hopelessly below the franklin standard for years and they deserve it

You’ve become such a 🤡. ‘Just sitting in Ames, Iowa’. Who are you to judge a college town and program you’ve probably never taken the time to get to know. What an elitist 🤡 you’ve become

Do they?

This situation is 100% identical to Steve Pederson firing Frank Solich in November of 2003.

No - they 100% deserve this. They fired a coach who averaged 10 wins per season and had them in the Playoff Semifinals LAST YEAR. They stacked all their chips into Cignetti leaving Indiana, or a similar move that wasn't coming. In what world was this going to work out for them?

I am at the point I am fine, almost prefer, if a coach isn’t named for a week or more. See how the games this weekend play out and what the CFP looks like. Can they get a KDB? Probably no, but if TS or Daboll are the best plays now, why rush it?

How does Chesney go to UCLA and Michigan State fires Smith at noon on Sunday, hire’s Fitzgerald by supper the same day ….while Penn State fires Franklin on Labor Day weekend, they chase Sitake, which honestly made no sense, he says…”nah…Provo > State College” smh

Yeah idk about that one my man lol

Penn State 2025 = Nebraska 2003 (dumpster fire) Campbell isn't going there so stop with that nonsense.

If this happened at a big SEC program, people would have torches and pitchforks at the house of the AD

Do they though? Some might say they deserved the death penalty over the Sandusky Scandal.

They handled this poorly or simply struck out on the guys they wanted.

No they don't. They did this to themselves.

With all due respect, no they don’t. This is what they EARNED. It’s an indication that the LEADERSHIP at that place is THE PROBLEM. Wasn’t James Franklin. And it’s probably why the coaches are steering clear. They aren’t even a Top 10 job in their own conference.

Amazing how schools who fired their coaches on Sunday already have new ones The athletic director must resign he’s a massive disgrace

Penn State pulled the Nebraska play card after we fired Frank Solich after 9+ win season and a title game. Everyone passed and we got stuck with Callahan and our worst AD ever and decline of our program that hasn’t recovered.

This is exactly what they deserve, they weren’t punished nearly enough for what the university allowed Sandusky to do to those boys. Never forget! No parent should be comfortable letting their son go to Penn St.